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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurooncol. 2012 Jul 4;109(3):521–527. doi: 10.1007/s11060-012-0918-0

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics (n=37)

Characteristic
Age at Study Enrollment – Median (range) 12.3 yrs (3.1 – 21.7 yrs)
Tumor Diagnosis
 Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) 16 (43%)
 High Grade Glioma (non-DIPG) 10 (27%)
 Low Grade Glioma 10 (27%)
 Dysplastic gangliocytoma 1 (3%)
Tumor Location
 Posterior Fossa 24 (65%)
 Supratentorial Region 13 (35%)
Surgical Intervention (n=17, 46%)
 Biopsy 5 (14%)
 Resectiona (gross total or partial) 12 (32%)
Radiation Therapy 23 (62%)
Imaging at or during initial treatment 11 (30%)
Imaging at recurrence or progression 11 (30%)
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Patients who underwent gross total resection had disease recurrence at time of study enrollment